Fury stops McDermott in nine

By Boxing News - 06/25/2010 - Comments

By Sean McDaniel: Looking slow and lethargic for much of the bout, the 22-year-old 270 pound Tyson Fury (11-0, 9 KO’s) came on in the 9th round to TKO John McDermott (30-7, 16 KO’s) on Friday night to capture the vacant BBBofC English heavyweight title at the Brentwood Centre, in Brentwood, Essex. Fury showed good power in the fight, knocking McDermott down three times before the bout was stopped in the 9th round by referee at Dave Parris at 1:08 of the 9th round.

Fury put McDermott down at the end of the 8th with a sudden bombardment of heavy shots. Before that eruption from Fury, he was looking tired and very average. However, once Fury had McDermott on the canvas, he went was quick to finish him off in the 9th round, knocking McDermott down two more times before it was finally stopped by referee Parris.

Fury came into the fight at a career high of 270, and the added weight appeared to hurt Fury more than help. He looked powerful early in the fight, to be sure, as he hard body shots to the soft midsection of McDermott. However, Fury began to look tired and very sluggish by the fifth, and sweating profusely and breathing hard. Like his previous fight against McDermott last year, Fury was hit early and often, and seemed to have no clue how to block a right hand from McDermott.

The only thing that really saved Fury was that McDermott began to gas out himself in the 2nd half of the bout, and didn’t have the kind of big power needed to take Fury out. If McDermott had a little bit more power or slightly better conditioning, he probably would have beaten Fury, because he looked exhausted tonight and not very impressive.

The win bailed out Fury’s career, because he had said numerous times before Friday’s bout that he would retire from boxing if he lost the fight to McDermott. Fury can no come up with another retirement promise for hi s likely next opponent Derek Chisora, who Fury could be facing in the next six months.

In a lot of ways, Fury looked pretty much like the same fighter who had won a controversial decision over McDermott last September. Fury was still taking big shots and still had a weird habit of turning his head and seeming to cringe when McDermott would throw head shots. Fury needs a lot of work how to defend incoming shots, because turning his head and cringing is a schoolyard tactic used by unskilled playground children. It seems incredible that a professional fighter reacts in such a weird way when dealing with a fighter that is pushing the fight to him.

In other action on the card:

Larry Olubamiwo KO 1 Dave Ferguson
Tom Dallas dec 6 Daniil Peretyatko



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